Overview
- The four-day fair closed Monday at Fira de Barcelona Gran Via in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
- Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun opened the event and called manga and comics a fundamental educational tool.
- Programming included concerts by Seatbelts in their first performance outside Japan and by Aina The End.
- International guests featured Takashi Matsuyama, Tsutomu Takahashi, Gou Tanabe and Akemi Takada.
- Organizers highlighted a renewed exhibition space, 3Cat pre-screenings with Dr. Slump and Ash in Catalan, and a continued rise in family attendance.